MURPHY -- When you've started on high school basketball teams that have won 88 games in three seasons and reached the elite eight of the state tournament each winter, colleges tend to notice.

Murphy girls basketball coach Ray Gutierrez says that's just the case for Jessica Beckner, the Bulldogs' 6-foot-2 post, who averaged 10 points and eight rebounds as Murphy went 28-3 and reached the Class A quarterfinals during the 2016-17 season.

And since playing travel ball for Team Carolina, Beckner is finding the college attention, like the weather, heating up this summer

Team Carolina has played in tournaments at Young Harris (Ga.), Raleigh and Chicago, and college scouts have been impressed with Beckner. Gutierrez said she has received offers from UNC Wilmington, Wofford, Young Harris, Loyola (Ill.), Rose Hulman (Ind.) and Lafayette (Pa.).

Other schools, he said, have contacted him, seeking more information on Beckner, who played for him for two seasons at Hiwasee Dam before transferring to Murphy when he became its coach.

The point he emphasizes to those coaches, he said, is that Beckner "is a winner."

"She has a solid work ethic," Gutierrez said. "She is well-liked in the locker room and in the hallways of our school. She was selected captain as a junior, which says a lot about her.

"But I think the biggest with her is that she is a winner. Eighty-eight games in a three-year period. When I think about her, 'winner' is the first thing that comes to mind."

Beckner, who is a 4.0 student as well as a three-time all-conference basketball player and two-time all-conference volleyball player, has a good chance to win a lot more games this season.

Murphy also returns Aubrey Clapsaddle, a junior who was selected all-conference after averaging 13 points, three assists and three steals in 2016-17, and Ellie Martin, an honorable mention all-conference selection who averaged six points and three assists as a sophomore.

Sophomore Sidney Addison and senior Haylie Thompson, both key contributors this past season, likely will round out the starting lineup, Gutierrez said. Junior Brianna Moore, a transfer who sat out the 2016-17 season, will be "a signifcant player," Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez said he expects many more phone calls from colleges during the 2017-18 season, and says Beckner is open to playing anywhere, including close to home.

"I think she'd like," he said, "having her parents able to watch her play every game."